Brown Eyes

Disclaimer: This is a piece of fan-fiction, all the characters of Inu Yasha and Company belong to Takahashi, original characters belong to me. And reviews are most welcome!

Author's Note: I like to thank those of you who have read my first piece 'past lives' and I do apologize for that annoying clump of paragraphs. That was unintentional on my part and I will be trying to space it better. If anyone out there has any ideas on how to stop that clumping, by all mean, give me a ring, it will be very much appreciated. Thank you!

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The day looked as if there could be no worries, but the air smelled of something else. Inu Yasha was high amongst the branches of his God- tree, amber eyes fixed upon the horizon, his senses keen for a scent that has been lingering for several days. He could swear he smelled Sesshoumaru lurking around, minus Jaken and that little human ward, Rin, that has been following him. The villagers know as well to keep a sharp eyed out for the aristocratic looking pure bred youkai draped in a white kimono, armor and fluffy tail that had been draped over his right shoulder and warned them not to dare approach him; he was highly dangerous.

Everyone walked on eggshells for a while, since it was usually his style to be open and aggressive. All this sneaking about did little for their nerves. What was Sesshoumaru doing? Why hasn't he come forth to them?

Sesshoumaru himself had been mindful of his younger brother, mindful to keep downwind much of the time. He could see the stupid little hanyou high in the branches of the tree and knew that he was on Inu Yasha's mind. Good, the plan was working. Cutting through the forest at the edge of the village, he swept along some of the houses until he met the small pack of full blooded youkai that was awaiting his orders. The trio that was there bowed lowly as Sesshoumaru approached.

"What do you desire of us, Lord Sesshoumaru?" asked for a husky voiced, blue eyed youkai with silver hair done up in a tight tail.

"Inu Yasha is waiting for us. You three are going to raid the village. I want you to keep the hanyou, the monk and the demon exterminator busy; I have plans for their little reincarnated priestess."

Again, the trio bowed lowly and smiled wickedly, their eyes twinkling with the promise of a slaughter. Sesshoumaru had already voiced that he didn't care what happened to the villagers, to the monk, kitsune or the demon exterminator, but leave Inu Yasha on the verge of life so that he could realize the mistake he had made. Vengeance would finally be his.

Morphing in their dog form, huge and white with red eyes and fangs dripping with a vicious poison, the dogs took to the sky, bounding towards the village. Soon, the ever pleasing screams could be heard and Sesshoumaru could smell his brother's scent moving swiftly towards the pack.

"Excellent." And he skirted out of the forest and took to the air. High above he floated, out of the sight of the humans, but within range of even the hanyou's eyes. There below him Inu Yasha was fighting. Sesshoumaru had been generous enough to warn the trio about Tetsusaiga. Not because he was kind, but for he wanted the fight to go on as long as it could. Sango and Miroku too had come out to fight the dog demons. The demon Lord knew that soon Inu Yasha would become aware of the whose these demons wore. Young Lords that had served their father and perhaps then, he would realize his plan. But hopefully, Sesshoumaru would have left with his prize long before that.

High above, the reincarnated priestess could be seen. The little human mongrel who had become Inu Yasha's obvious choice for a future mate over Kikyo, but in her hands she held a staff. Fine and strong. Ah, yes, the Monk had been giving her lessons. Apparently both him and Sango had decided to teach her to use other weapons besides the bow and arrow, which was her most valued accessory. But no matter, that little stick would do nothing against him.

He swooped down upon the girl who had, for some reason, took a look into the sky. She gave out a frightful scream and ripped away from the hand that meant to grab her. Turning around, she readied her staff, the only weapon of choice as Sesshoumaru touched down upon the ground. "Foolish girl." He growled, moving towards her. His amber eyes glowed with a malice little seen before, his right claw already glowing and dripping with an acidic poison.

"Don't you dare come near me! I'm armed!"

"Your pathetic little stick won't do you any good." And he charged her, readying to strike Kagome with his poison. Sesshoumaru was willing to take her alive, but since she put up a fight, killing her was starting to look more reasonable, but she ducked the swing, his claw shredding that ugly green pleated skirt of hers. She whirled around and swung with her staff. Missing, Sesshoumaru took the opportunity to swing back, his elbow connecting onto the side of her face. Kagome stumbled, but showed surprising resilience as she kept her balance and glared hard at him. She knew she couldn't run, he would catch her and it appears that Inu Yasha was preoccupied. Either face him or die trying

Again came that claw towards her, she ducked. Another followed, she dodged that and swung the staff up and connected hard with his very temple. A crack was heard, skin broke and blood flowed from the flesh of the demon Lord. Stumbling back, his hand held up to the wound she surprisingly gave to him. He seethed with anger and his eyes turned an unmistakable dark red in rage. He offered another swing and another and another, but every time Kagome seemed to skirt out of his reach. Inu Yasha and his stupid little company were teaching her well and damn himself for only having one arm. Down came the butt of her staff into his temple and the earth jumped up to greet him in cold silence.